Millennia-old mummy found in Egypt tomb

 

Spanish archaeologists discover 1,000-year-old mummy in "very good condition" near Luxor in southern Egypt.

The earliest evidence of mummification in Egypt suggests the practice dates back as far as 4500 BC [EPA]

Spanish archaeologists have discovered a millennia-old mummy in "very good condition" near the southern

Egyptian town of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said.

The find was in a tomb probably dating from between 1075-664 BC on the west bank of the Nile river, 700km south of Cairo, a statement said on Sunday.

The mummy had been bound with linen stuck together with plaster.